Baltic gas link — financing, controversy, and crisis
German prosecutors have charged a Ukrainian army officer, identified as Serhii K., with war crimes for his alleged role in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions. Prosecutors say he headed a team that planted timed explosives on Nord Stream 1 and 2 aboard a chartered yacht, under orders from Ukrainian state authorities. The blasts damaged the pipelines and disrupted gas supplies to Europe, intensifying tensions amid the Ukraine war. The suspect was extradited from Italy and faces charges of war crimes, causing an explosion, and disrupting public utilities.